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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 73 points 6 months ago (9 children)
[–] phx@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Increasingly so, and following the path that RedHat was taking prior (and probably worse to come given their new ownership)

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What did RedHat do? Did I miss something?

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Nothing, someone who never needed access to the RHEL snapshot source is butt hurt that it only exists as part of centOS stream, making it harder for community rebuilds to exist.

It's no big deal for 95% of users, truly a nonissue. That last 5% can buy RHEL for production or use it for free for personal hosting or development.

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